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Thomas Dolby’s 1989 explanation of synthesis with the Muppets and a fly in a box is pretty ingenious
Thomas Dolby on Jim Henson’s little-known The Ghost of Faffner Hall manages an explanation of synthesis basics that is surprisingly original. And it involves a fly in a matchbox and a Minimoog.
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Spatial sound, Suzanne Ciani, a free workshop online, and the joy of quad, with KamranV
With the likes of Apple pushing the concept, spatial audio is fresh again. KamranV connects past, present, and future and talks to us about how we can get quadraphonic when we work, in advance of a free workshop online this Friday.
Peter Kirn - June 23, 2021
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Feed yourself with a free cookbook from Korg and the electronic music and synth community
Here’s a different sort of compilation and synth collaboration – KORG Germany in Berlin invited the likes of Joan La Barbara, Suzanne Ciani, Alva Noto, Dave Smith, and a lot of us relative newcomers, too, to make a cookbook. And it’s free to download.
Peter Kirn - May 21, 2020
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7 Bob Moog images that say a lot about electronic music history
Peter Kirn - September 8, 2018
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Watch Suzanne Ciani, thinkers on open music and future machines
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2017
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A year in music starts 2017 with the best of 2016
David Abravanel - January 5, 2017
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